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2 years ago

Twilio, a company that provides cloud-based communication and telephony APIs, is one of the most well-known startups at YC. Their newest project is a tool that helps call center agents manage multiple languages.

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2 years ago

As of 2018, YC has graduated over 2,000 companies, including some of the most well-known startups in the world, including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, and Lyft.

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1 year ago

A set of tools for businesses to manage their online reputation. Reputation.com was a well-known startup that has been acquired by a large corporation, and is either relaunching as a separate company or being absorbed into that.

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3 years ago

A company that aims to bring employees and freelancers together for projects, via a platform known as the "Freelancer's Network".

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1 year ago

One of the most well-known startups in YC, ZestFinance is working on a suite of financial products for the cannabis industry. The company is working to build a platform that will help dispensaries and cannabis-related businesses better manage their cash flow.

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1 year ago

This company is building a dynamic, social network for creators. The company’s users are known as “creators”, and they’re able to join the platform via social channels like Facebook and Twitter. The company’s blog is meant to be a “creators” hub, where they’re able to share their work, and tips and tricks.

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3 years ago

A startup for buying and selling tickets to events. The startup is focused on events in the UK and Europe. They were formerly known as Ticket Vending.

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3 years ago

A fingerprint-based unlock system for phones. The startup is trying to make fingerprint sensors more secure by having users open their phones in a certain way and secure them. This is a startup that has been around for a while, with a version known as SnapLock, but it is now rebranding itself as Fingerprint Lock.

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3 years ago

New York - New York City is home to the largest financial district in the world, but the cost of living for interns in this area is so high that it’s difficult for companies to entice young talent to stay. This startup, known as Give, wants to make it easier for companies to hire interns.

135
2 years ago

A new app that allows users to “virtually” connect with a well-known psychologist. The app was launched in April and is being used by students and their parents to help them better understand their experiences with mental illness.

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1 year ago

A company that helps event organizers and media companies do video interviews on site. VidCon has a large social media following and is known for its early dibs on new media trends.

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3 years ago

A Chrome extension that turns any website into a mobile app shop. Employs a “re-imagined” version of Google’s well-known design language.

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1 year ago

One of the most popular travel websites in Germany, weka.de is the best-known example of a startup that built a successful website and was then acquired by the the German travel agency TUI.

120
3 years ago

A startup known as “The Human Body on Demand”, which aims to be the Airbnb of medical testing. The company is currently testing a system which allows you to get a blood test on-demand, with the possibility of charging for the service.

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2 years ago

A new app that allows users to “virtually” connect with a well-known psychologist. The app

117
2 years ago

This app helps employers and candidates find each other in a process known as telecommuting. It uses the same technology that’s used to find talent at LinkedIn.

117
2 years ago

The most well-known startups in the 2019 class are:

105
1 year ago

A way to gather data about local businesses, making it easier for customers to find local businesses and make them better known.

87
2 years ago

The founders of this startup are best known for building the most popular and successful startup accelerator in the world. They’re now moving into a new area, with a new accelerator format that’s aimed at helping teams build products for specific industries.

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2 years ago

A toolkit for companies to bring EHS up to speed with compliance regulations, including a way to assess which regulations might apply to them that they otherwise wouldn’t have known about.

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7 months ago

A startup known as PayTag, which allows users to “unlock” their phones via Bluetooth, scanning a QR code on the phone and paying for the phone in the process.

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2 years ago

The startup’s cofounders say they want to be the company that takes “the unknown hassle out of hiring” by eliminating time-consuming steps like job applications and paperwork. It also wants to help small businesses scale by removing the need for a HR department.

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2 years ago

A platform for helping people take better photos of the things they buy online. The company is based in the UK, whose startup ecosystem is known for its strong apps.

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1 year ago

Building a tool for online shopping for large groups of people, also known as "multi-store shopping".

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2 years ago

A platform for connecting people to their favorite foods, which will help people find new foods they might like. The startup’s developers have been known to check out new restaurants and talk to restaurant workers to understand the space.

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1 year ago

 A  company that  builds  a  personal  and  professional  portable  credit  score  for  people  who  have  an  unsecured  credit  card  (UCC)  and  don’t  have  the  equipment  to  install  a  credit  card  reader.  For  the  most  unsecured  credit  card  holders,  commonly  known  as  under-banked,  the  company  will  build  a  simple  and  secure  online  credit  application.

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1 year ago

A tool for finding and buying used books online that helps provide more information about the seller, and helps keep prices low by only listing books from places with a known track record of selling books.

72
1 year ago

A startup that lets you ask a bunch of questions, and then gives you personalized answers from experts. You’re presented with a bunch of questions, and then given a series of answers from other users. The answers are often things you wouldn’t have known to ask.

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8 months ago

ZingChart is building a charting tool that makes it easy for anyone to create beautiful and interactive charts. The startup says it is best known for its incorporation of customer feedback on its feature requests.

72
2 years ago

A startup that helps distribute the wealth of people who are well-known in tech.

71
1 year ago

A platform for people to hire freelance services like web designers, writers, and developers (known as “talents”) within the company and outside of it.

71
2 years ago

A well-known roboticist is building an open-source software platform to build robots.

69
1 year ago

This startup is building a way to create a personal news feed in which you can share posts and photos, while also making it easy to search and browse the feed. It's best known for co-founder Daniel Kottke's parody of Facebook, which he called "The Facebook."

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2 years ago

A company that promises to make owning a house a more transparent and understandable process for consumers via their online platform known as RealtyShares. The company is a real estate marketplace that uses blockchain technology to help potential home buyers and sellers compare properties to find the best deals on the market.

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1 year ago

A company that makes mobile games for kids. The startup is best known for its games for preschoolers and its games are made in partnership with a number of companies, including Disney and Nickelodeon.

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1 year ago

A tool for companies to build more efficient internal communication, involving messaging, spreadsheet automation, and scheduling. It’s the first product from the team more commonly known for their work on the cloud-based calendar startup, Meeting.ly.

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1 year ago

Known as a “video-sharing platform for people who love cats”, this startup is building a platform that allows users to add photos, videos and links to their cat videos. They claim to get a million views per month, with over 8 million total views across their network.

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5 months ago

A platform that helps people, like parents, plan their kids’ education. The startup is best known for its app, which helps parents create a personalized learning plan for their children. It’s also in YC’s summer batch.

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1 year ago

This company is developing a mobile messaging app that allows retail and service businesses to offer short-term discounts, known as “Snap Backs”.

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4 months ago

A startup that lets you track your car’s fuel usage, a startup known as Sails.io

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1 year ago

The company, known as “The Pick”, is building a system that helps users find the products they need when they’re not in the store. The Pick offers a digital storefront and mobile app that allow users to search products, compare prices, and get delivery times.

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1 year ago

Dyson is a British vacuum cleaner manufacturer that has been in business since the 1950s. The company is known for its trademark bladeless vacuum cleaners and high-end design.

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11 months ago

We're looking to invest in a very well-known brand in the same space, so that we can leverage the brand equity to build our business. We're looking for high-growth startups in the space.

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6 months ago

Known Medicine is building a tool to help doctors grow and study their own tumors. Known Medicine is using a disposable micro-tumor for testing, taking them out of the patient’s body and into the lab.

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7 months ago

An enterprise-level CRM for small businesses that uses artificial intelligence to help customize and personalize their marketing. It was previously known as ZOOM.

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1 year ago

The creators of this startup are known for creating the first climate change website in the world, with a few other companies in their portfolio. Their new startup is a smart platform that helps companies track and measure their climate footprint, and also a tool for nonprofits to fundraise.

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6 months ago

The company is building a free and open-source software that allows anyone to create their own decentralized marketplaces. They hope to help fix some of the problems that have plagued other decentralized marketplaces like AirBnB, the most well-known Dapp.

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10 months ago

Known Medicine is working on putting a computer chip in your tumor that can sense whether or not the tumor is responding to treatment. The startup wants to use the chip to identify patients who need more aggressive treatment, which would help improve survival rates for the cancer.

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1 year ago

Also known as the “hyperlocal news app”, Newsbreak was the first startup in this space to raise funding, when it closed $1.5M in June 2018.

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10 months ago

In 2018, the most well known YC batch was the Winter batch (Winter), which took place between December 26, 2017 and January 12, 2018. The companies in this batch are:

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7 months ago

A company that wants to bring a more collaborative, flexible alternative to Slack. The company’s CEO is focused on the project so deeply that he’s been known to send his employees to work from the kitchen while they’re cooking, getting all of their orders out and done.

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4 months ago

This startup is building a platform based on artificial intelligence to map out the Internet’s hyperlinks, helping people find things they may not have known they were looking for. The startup’s map is already being used to help people discover hidden gems on the web, and to build apps that can automatically map out the web.

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2 months ago

A well-known existing startup helps businesses create a single dashboard to track their performance. It’s already working with 250 clients, including IBM, EDC, and Citibank.

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1 month ago

The startup’s technology enables users to download their own music and listen to it on their private headphones. The idea is that they can find their music on a playlist of known Spotify playlists. The company takes a small commission on each track, which is used to pay artists for their work.

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3 months ago

Previously known as CloudWatt, this startup is building a software-as-a-service to help companies build, test, and build apps faster.

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup for custom mobile applications for companies and non-profits. It’s a well-known model that has been around for a few years. The founder says his company has $30k in monthly recurring revenue, working with 500 companies.

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to bring an end to email spam. It works by helping companies send their email marketing campaigns through a sort of whitelist system where known email addresses get through, while spam goes straight to the junk folder.

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